World Sep 01 What to know about Guatemalan migrant children and efforts to send them home The Trump administration has tried to deport Guatemalan children living in U.S. shelters or foster care. Advocates for these children filed lawsuits to stop the removals, and a federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportations.
World Sep 05 U.S. says it has secured the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners The U.S. government announced Thursday that it secured the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners, who have arrived in Guatemala where they will apply for entry to the United States or other countries.
Nation Aug 22 WATCH: U.S. indicts Guatemalan national in smuggling case over deaths of 53 migrants in Texas truck Officials announced Thursday that Rigoberto Román Mirnado Orozco is charged with six counts of migrant smuggling resulting in death or serious injury in the deadliest attempt from the U.S. Mexico border.
World Aug 21 Guatemalan police arrest 7 people accused of trafficking 53 migrants abandoned to asphyxiate in Texas in 2022 They were the latest arrests after years of investigation into one of the deadliest human smuggling attempts to the United States.
World Mar 21 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas calls Texas immigration law ‘unconstitutional’ U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that a Texas law giving state authorities the power to arrest and deport migrants who have entered the country illegally is unconstitutional.
World Jan 14 Frustrated Guatemalans protest congressional delay of president-elect’s inauguration Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo waited to be sworn into office Sunday as the old-guard Congress dawdled and delayed the inauguration, sparking angry protests by demonstrators tired of months-long attempts to keep him from taking office.
World Sep 21 Guatemalans rally on behalf of president-elect, demonstrating a will to defend democracy Protests by thousands of Guatemalans this week supporting President-elect Bernardo Arévalo suggest that the efforts by some officials to derail his presidency have awakened a new will among many citizens to defend democracy.
World Sep 12 Guatemalan authorities raid electoral facilities, open boxes of votes The raid was apparently part of some of the various ongoing investigations related to the national elections that culminated last month in the election of Bernardo Arévalo.
World Aug 30 Guatemala’s president-elect and his anti-corruption party faces legal challenges. Here’s what’s happening Guatemala's election has been bogged down in court and legal challenges despite the fact the results were clear: Progressive candidate Bernardo Arévalo won about 61 percent of the vote to conservative Sandra Torres' 39 percent.
World Aug 29 Guatemalan president calls for democratic transition of power amid legal attacks on rising anti-corruption party Hours before the country's Supreme Electoral Tribunal certified late Monday that Arévalo won this month's presidential runoff election, the countrys electoral registry suspended his party from all political activities.